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Turn Up Your Light installments are excerpts from my forthcoming book, The Passage to Freedom. There is no cost to you. Please accept them only if you want them. If not, click Reply, ask to be removed, and presto, tis done! If you have received this as a forward, and want to receive installments ...Views: 569

Turn Up Your Light installments are excerpts from my forthcoming book, The Passage to Freedom. There is no cost to you. Please accept them only if you want them. If not, click Reply, ask to be removed, and presto, tis done! If you have received this as a forward, and want to receive installments ...Views: 699

These installments are excerpts from my forthcoming book, The Passage to Freedom. There is no cost to you. Please accept them only if you want them. If not, click "Reply", ask to be removed, and presto, tis done! If you have received this as a forward, and want to receive installments directly ...Views: 700

I have never failed to bring into my experience my visualizations as long as I used the three keys I am going to share with you here: clarity, passion, and intention.
I can still feel the warmth and softness of the leather gloves as I slipped them on my hands.
I had a night class. The ...Views: 4785

The big yellow school bus is coming down my road again. The neighborhood kids seem happy. The dogs are not. The kids are no longer around during the day and Jersey is going to drop a little weight without all the treats they have been bringing her this summer. I must admit that when I see the ...Views: 688

This isn’t the story about the four blind men and the elephant, this is the story of me looking at that 6 ton elephant in the zoo, tethered to that tiny stake, and wondering why on earth she doesn’t break loose. Instead she rocks back and forth when it should take an electric fence, iron bars, ...Views: 695

When is it time to change? When you become aware of dissatisfaction in your life. What causes people to examine how they got caught up in their present situation? Often a word from a friend—not always a kind word either—a book you read, a speaker you heard. It begins when it occurs to you there ...Views: 3931

Get honest and focused about what you really want. This will bring clarity to where it is best to put your time, energy, and resources. You must also face the fact that the biggest obstacle on your way to achieving success is you. Brian Tracy said,"The potential of the average person is like a ...Views: 676

Mother Theresa. How would you describe her? Compassionate? Kind?
That’s not what people who knew her said. In my Strengths course, I ask the learners to name the major strength of different well-known people. Here’s what Pamela Sheppard replied: “The standard is compassion, but, having ...Views: 1282

If you’ve been reading about Emotional Intelligence, the Catch-22 has probably occurred to you: Since EQ begins with self-awareness, the people who have the worst EQ are also going to be the worst at assessing their own.
Top EQ performers, said Daniel Goleman, Ph.D. (author of “Emotional ...Views: 596

If you’d like to know one of the biggest pitfalls of life and how to avoid it remember one axiom, Substance over Illusion.
You see it all around you, the flashy sports cars, the designer clothes,and the latest greatest gadgets. Being trendy is in. It always has been.
One ...Views: 798

At a recent outing, a woman seated near us lit a cigarette. My 7 year-old-son commented to her, “Smoking is bad for you.” At which the woman replied, “Yes, so make sure you never start.”
Every day you wake up, you make literally hundreds of choices. You choose your mood and your attitude. You ...Views: 651

What do you do when you don’t know the language or customs? That’s when your EQ, or Emotional Intelligence, comes in handy.
On my recent tour to Russia, the people in large cities (Moscow, Saint Petersburg) knew English, but not in the small villages (Yaroslavl, Uglich).
I thought I’d pick ...Views: 856

Relationships come and go. Some flourish. Some flop. Why?
One person has a business. Another person has the same type business. One business thrives. The other falls short. Why?
The Answer: Heart Failure
This is not the same type of heart failure as your physical body experiences – but it ...Views: 663

As a hypnotherapist, I have people come to me who want to improve their lives. Many of them succeed with their goals. But some of them aren't ready for the change they think that they want. For instance, I had a client who wanted to stop smoking. He quit with very little problem, but a couple of ...Views: 626

The multitude of personal development programs available in the market is vast and overwhelming. How do we know which programs are right for us? What can we do to maximize the benefits of a self-improvement course? Here are three steps that I've discovered to be crucial in starting any ...Views: 2046

The Genius Of
Your Unconscious Mind…
How To Accelerate
Mastering Your Life
Alan Allard
www.geniusdynamics.com
“Your Unconscious Mind, Skillfully Directed
Can And Will, Transform The ‘Impossible’
Into
The Possible
And The Possible
Into
The Probable
And The Probable
Into
Your ...Views: 5433

A few years ago I was having dinner at a Hollywood restaurant with several of my husband's childhood friends-- one of whom was a movie producer who owned the restaurant, and another was some big deal in the music industry. I gave meaning and importance to their glamorous titles. I decided that ...Views: 573

‘With most people unbelief in one thing is founded upon blind belief in another.’
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-99)
At the start of 1954, the sporting world did not believe that a human being could run a mile in under four minutes. Such a feat was deemed impossible and beyond human ...Views: 9381

Money Magazine said that “A coach may be the guardian angel you need to rev up your career.” In fact, if you pick up any major newspaper or magazine, you are bound to come across a glowing article on coaching. It is one of the fastest growing careers, with an estimated 100,000 coaches in the ...Views: 1291

Seeing a great performance inspires me to no end. I'm moved by others' dreams and by their devotion and courage in the pursuit of excellence. I get choked up when I see a kid, or anyone else, fighting hopeless odds - someone who goes out there to run the lonely roads with a dream in the heart, ...Views: 1607

When is the first time that you give any idea of who
you really are and what you really do for your potential
clients, customers or prospects?
One important way is the telephone. You use phones
everyday, but do you know the most efficient
procedures for using this instrument as a ...Views: 855

One by one, the great peaks of the world are being conquered. Modern climbers are no more physically adept than early climbers, but they have taken advantage of new methods and technologies. If we are to be successful climbing the mountain of life, we must do the same thing.
Many of you will ...Views: 689

"Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom." -- Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
Emotional Intelligence creates or extends that space between stimulus and response, which ...Views: 5811

Last week, two people told me they are “coping.” That concerns me. The first time I heard this, I grab the dictionary and I learned that to “cope” is “to struggle or deal, esp. on fairly even terms or with some degree of success.” Even though I read the words “even terms” and “degree of ...Views: 740

I write and talk a lot about dreams. Primarily because I know they serve an awesome and amazing purpose. We all have a desire - a dream - to do something great, go somewhere incredible, achieve the unachievable, beat the unbeatable or meet the "unmeetable." Unfortunately, more often than not, ...Views: 1406

There are three personality powers that top leaders use to increase their personal power and influence.
YOUR EMOTIONS ARE CONTAGIOUS
The first power you can develop is enthusiasm. The more excited you are about accomplishing something that is important to you, the more excited others will ...Views: 601

Most of us know the feeling of dieting for a week or so, and then stepping on the scale and seeing a pound or two gone. It gives you a feeling of “it was worth it”, doesn’t it?
Success, change, goal-setting -- they CANNOT be achieved without effort.
As one author noted, “God provides ample ...Views: 777

Change is and has always been the very life blood of living. Getting better and improving your lot in life requires change -- and change requires commitment and fixity of purpose.
The changes you make, or fail to make for that matter, will in large measure determine your life's direction and ...Views: 813

Every Monday morning millions of people make resolutions in an attempt to positively change their lives. I’m going to start my diet. I’m going to get rid of my debt. I’m finally going to end this destructive relationship. I’m going to start exercising every day. The list is endless. Yet, by ...Views: 642

It is becoming clear that the way a country or society is, the kind of “psyche” it has, depends on the way people relate to each other one-to-one, at the day-to-day level of life.
At this one-to-one level there are very simple “Rules” of behaving.
It is these Rules that determine how things ...Views: 676

(excerpted from "Seven Strategies for Wealth and Happiness" by Jim Rohn)**
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Emotions are the most powerful forces inside us. Under the power of emotions, human beings can perform the most heroic (as well as barbaric) acts. To a great ...Views: 3293

Everyone has periods in their life when they feel *down in the dumps*, blue, or mildly depressed, *especially* at holiday times, such as Christmas & Thanksgiving. Many people feel this way especially on New Years Eve due to perhaps a combination of alcohol, the end of a year that was not great ...Views: 24471

I've just returned from our latest Centerpointe Retreat. These retreats are
always an incredible experience for everyone. Somehow, we've created a space
where people become very intimate and very trusting in just a few days. People
generally feel so safe, their deepest fears, problems, concerns, ...Views: 776

Matthew is not ambivalent about the war. He’s for it, 100%. This is his “first” war, being 30 years old. He’s watching the news avidly on t.v., is glad we’re over there, and sends me emails to that affect.
My client in Australia has strain in her voice when we talk. She assumes I’m “against ...Views: 698

I repeatedly get the following question from my readers:
“How do I deal with close friends and family members who don't share my aspirations for success (and many times shoot me down)?”
This is a very common problem.
Many times those closest to us trample all over our dreams. They say things ...Views: 827

To combat modern day stressors, you need to realize that things are going to go the way they are going to go, so you may as well just relax. The most important thing you can do for yourself is to practice extreme self-care which means putting your own needs first. We have had it backwards for ...Views: 1159

There is great adventure in the unknown that propels us to discover powerful parts of ourselves that we didn't know were there.
As I write this article, my eyes focus on the cover of our leading news magazines. They tell us that ANXIETY is the number one issue at the moment. ...Views: 2049

Someone emailed me recently, "Do you think it's possible to have too much emotional intelligence going on? To the point that perhaps logic takes a backseat?"
Good question. The fact is, we need both IQ and EQ. You can't have "too much" emotional intelligence, but that doesn't mean atthe ...Views: 745

The Why's in the Road. By Michael Levy
Each day in our lives there are decisions to be made. Most are small but nevertheless can have significant impact on our happiness. We amble along and make the most of each situation we face as the result of our actions. But there will come a time when we ...Views: 689

Fred Rogers is one of my heroes. He was gentle "before gentle was cool".
1. You can never go down, never go down, never go down the drain.
When life can involve divorce, layoffs, losing a child, being a single working parents, or starting a new career at 55, it's good to know you can never go ...Views: 785

* Teaching has become a highly stressful and unhappy
profession for many. I have heard teachers say repeatedly that teaching isn’t fun any more. Teacher stress can result from a number of stimuli ranging from dwindling resources, financial cutbacks, ever increasing expectations, lack of ...Views: 6982

It's heating up. Lingerie, perfume and flower ads are flooding your email. The radio pumps out dining specials at various restaurants. In San Antonio, where I live, it shares airtime with the rodeo, and my thoughts wander ... I'll take my lover to the rodeo and kill two birds with one stone! ...Views: 743

Be "You-nique"!
One thing to always remember: "Bad association spoils useful
habits."
In other words, surround yourself with positive-minded,
caring, loving, and giving people, whether in your
friendships, love relationships, or family. The more you
surround yourself with the energies of love ...Views: 746

Independent thinkers are growing in number. Though still a tiny minority, everyday more and more people are throwing aside conformity and seeking to understand spiritual themes direct from their own hearts, and not through any person, book or organization on earth. Though these can be valuable ...Views: 3333

Well, you know how the fairytale goes … Little Red Riding Hood heads out into the woods to see her grandmother. First she fails to notice the wolf when he approaches her in the woods, but goes gaily on her way.
Then, when she arrives at her Grandmother’s house things look suspicious and she ...Views: 807

Elmer builds roofs and runs construction crews. One afternoon he went fishing with one of his employees. Same bait, same hole, same fishing pole, but he was catching nothing, and his buddy was raking them in.
“How come you’re catching all the fish?” Elmer asked.
“It’s ‘cause I have to, Mr. ...Views: 888

When Valentine’s Day comes around, I remember the year when I left a card shop, having mourned the fact I had no “honey” at the time, worried about whether I was spending too much or too little, whether I’d gotten it right or not, cursing Madison Avenue for the commercial thrust, and thinking of ...Views: 1288

I have had more than my share of exciting times and I’m grateful for every one of them.
There was the time the bear came into camp at 11:00 p.m. and we listened to him consume two weeks worth of food for two people and a dog in only six hours. At 5:00 a.m., when it became obvious he had run out ...Views: 744

Every time Valentine’s Day comes along, I think of the day before Valentine’s Day a couple of years when, as I was leaving the card and gift shop where I’d selected some Valentines, while cursing the materialism dictated to us by Madison Avenue that demanded the expression of feelings with ...Views: 1679